Crafts

Rubber Ducky Baby Sprinkle: The Decorations

Posted on Jun 17, 2015 in Crafts |

Rubber Ducky Baby Sprinkle: The Decorations

Continuing in my series about the Rubber Ducky Baby Sprinkle I threw in April for my friend Jennie, today we’ll talk about the decorations.  Having the sprinkle at the park meant I wouldn’t go hog-wild on decorations, but would have some flares and could stretch my creativity.

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Rubber Ducky Baby Sprinkle: The Invitations

Posted on Jun 16, 2015 in Crafts |

Rubber Ducky Baby Sprinkle: The Invitations

Continuing in my series about the Rubber Ducky Baby Sprinkle I threw for my friend Jennie, today we’ll talk about the invitations.  I was perfectly capable of designing them myself from scratch, but I needed some inspiration and a swift kick in the ass to get going.

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Rubber Ducky Baby Sprinkle

Posted on Jun 15, 2015 in Crafts |

Rubber Ducky Baby Sprinkle

One of my best, closest, oldest friends Jennie recently gave birth to her second child, a boy they named Colin Donovan.  I helped her two sisters to plan her first baby shower 5 years ago when she became a mom for the first time with the birth of her daughter Joy, and really enjoyed it.  I convinced her to let me throw her a baby “sprinkle” this time around.  Something smaller, more like a big picnic in her honor.  Ha… I should have known I don’t do anything half-ass!  This will be the first in a series about all the various facets of a baby sprinkle that really turned into a full-fledged rubber ducky baby shower!

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The real reason my Cricut Explore is still in the box

Posted on Dec 29, 2014 in Crafts | 1 comment

The real reason my Cricut Explore is still in the box

I’ve had a Cricut Expression for several years and love it.  Made many holiday party decorations, assorted crafts, and even hundreds of Christmas cards one year with it (I don’t recommend that project unless there’s 10 people on your card list!).  So when the new Cricut Explore came out in March with the ability to cut SVG files and other files that I could design MYSELF, I jumped on it, $300 price tag be damned!

Nine months later… it’s been sitting in the shipping box, next to my desk, unopened.  When my super craft friend Jen Goode bugs me about why its still in the box, I explain how I haven’t cleaned off my card table that I use for crafts since last Christmas so I have no room to use it.  But, I think I know the real reason I haven’t opened it.

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31 Things to do at home on Halloween night

Posted on Oct 28, 2014 in Crafts, Rambles | 2 comments

31 Things to do at home on Halloween night

For one of the first Halloweens in a long time, I’ll be staying home and not really doing much with my friends.  You’d think, with Halloween being on a Friday, that this is the perfect year for shenanigans.  Well, not so much since some of my friends work late Friday nights, some work early Saturday mornings, and otherwise timing just got away from us.  Boo!  So, this Halloween I won’t be in costume (maybe some accessories) but I’ll just be hanging out at Fawver Home Base.  Here’s 31 things I plan on doing, could be doing but might not, could be doing but won’t, or wouldn’t do but you could!

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Zazzle Custom Minx Nail Wraps!

Posted on May 26, 2014 in Beauty, Crafts, Manicures |

Zazzle Custom Minx Nail Wraps!

Cafepress user from way back.  I know Zazzle is around, but generally speaking when I think of custom print-to-order items, I look at Cafepress first.  MAN was I doing a disservice to myself, a mistake I shall not soon repeat as I discovered something on Zazzle recently that is exciting beyond comprehension!

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